Women Boxing Their Way Up in India

Somini Sengupta has a great piece in The New York Times on women and boxing in India: In India, Women See Boxing as a Way Up TRIVANDRUM, India — “The girls punched hard. “From across India they came to this big, steamy government-run gym. Before entering the boxing ring, they bowed their...

Britain’s Three Million-Dollar Babes

Allan Hubbard has a good article in The Independent on the search for Britain’s women boxers in the wake of the IOC announcement to include women’s boxing in the 2012 Olympics: Inside Lines: Socks and the City: Britain’s Three Million-Dollar Babes “They may have won the right...

Opinion: Boxing is In and Softball is Out

The decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier today in Berlin seems inexplicable. As noted on these pages, women’s boxing is to be included as an Olympic event in 2012. Women’s softball is excluded. Softball can try for inclusion again in 2020. Presently, the Beijing...

BREAKING: Women’s Boxing Gets Olympic Approval

BREAKING: Berlin–Women’s boxing has just been approved by the IOC as a competitive sport for the London 2012 Olympics, according to the BBC: Women’s Boxing Gains Olympic Spot “Women boxers will get the chance to compete for gold at London 2012 after a decision by the International...

London 2012: Olympic Committee Considering New Sports

Photo of IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. New sports are being considered in advance of the 2012 London Olympics, including women’s boxing. Also being considered are 50-meter sprints in swimming and mixed doubles in tennis. At a meeting later this week in Berlin, the International Olympic...